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  1. Original post
    Gags
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    Was waiting to be picked up from St Kilda Rd this arvo, not far from the
    Shrine of Rememberance (rode to work but had to go somewhere with someone).
    It was around 5.30pm and I was thinking how great a day it was and how good
    it was to see so many people riding bikes home from work (good weather
    brings em out in droves).

    There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city on a
    mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been
    within my sight for 200m or so and he was on the back wheel the whole way.
    I reckon he was doing close to 30km/h as the dude on the road bike behind
    him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of
    times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The road
    there has a slight bend but this was no probs for this dude who was still on
    the back wheel when I lost sight of him.

    So whoever you are......you rock!!!

    Ride On,

    Gags (who is stoked if he gets in 10 full rotations of the pedals when
    pulling a mono).

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  2. hippy
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    "Gags" <gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city on


    a

    Quoted message said:

    mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been

    Duallie? Wheelies are easier on dual suspension bikes
    because the rear squats down and with disc brakes you
    can modulate the brakes much better than rim brakes.

    Quoted message said:

    him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of
    times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The


    road

    That's called a "manual". You should watch the New World
    Disorder series. I think it's the second or third one where one
    of the riders manuals at high speed down some bigass hills,
    weaving through traffic on the back wheel.. awesome riding!

    hippy
    - who can't wheelie for nuts

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  3. tony f
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    #3

    "hippy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "Gags" <gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city


    on

    Quoted message said:

    a

    Quoted message said:

    mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been

    Duallie? Wheelies are easier on dual suspension bikes
    because the rear squats down and with disc brakes you
    can modulate the brakes much better than rim brakes.

    Quoted message said:

    him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple of
    times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The


    road

    That's called a "manual". You should watch the New World
    Disorder series. I think it's the second or third one where one
    of the riders manuals at high speed down some bigass hills,
    weaving through traffic on the back wheel.. awesome riding!

    hippy
    - who can't wheelie for nuts

    hehe - I was once passed by a guy manualling down a big (tar) hill. I was
    doing 60 kmh at the time. Next thing, he dropped it down, briefly hit the
    brakes, and proceeded to *nose wheelie* at the same speed.
    A-fricking-mazing!

    Then he whipped my sorry [censored] on the dirt as well.

    Tony F
    www.thefathippy.com

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  4. Marty Wallace
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    "tony f" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "hippy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "Gags" <gags_44nospamatnospamtpg.com.au> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    There was a guy on the other side of the road heading towards the city


    on

    Quoted message said:

    a

    Quoted message said:

    mountain bike and he was pulling a mono from hell. He would have been

    Duallie? Wheelies are easier on dual suspension bikes
    because the rear squats down and with disc brakes you
    can modulate the brakes much better than rim brakes.

    Quoted message said:

    him wasn't catching up. He pedalled for most of the way but a couple


    of

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    times he coasted for at least 20m or so, still pulling a wheelie. The


    road

    That's called a "manual". You should watch the New World
    Disorder series. I think it's the second or third one where one
    of the riders manuals at high speed down some bigass hills,
    weaving through traffic on the back wheel.. awesome riding!

    hippy
    - who can't wheelie for nuts

    hehe - I was once passed by a guy manualling down a big (tar) hill. I was
    doing 60 kmh at the time. Next thing, he dropped it down, briefly hit the
    brakes, and proceeded to *nose wheelie* at the same speed.
    A-fricking-mazing!

    Then he whipped my sorry [censored] on the dirt as well.

    Tony F
    www.thefathippy.com

    Hey hold on!
    So Hippy and the Fat Hippy aren't the same person?
    I thought maybe the Fat Hippy had lost some weight and simply become Hippy.
    Someone help me out on this!

    Marty

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  5. Terry Collins
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    #5
    Marty Wallace said:

    Hey hold on!
    So Hippy and the Fat Hippy aren't the same person?
    I thought maybe the Fat Hippy had lost some weight and simply become Hippy.
    Someone help me out on this!

    different cities too.

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  6. hippy
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    "Marty Wallace" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    Hey hold on!
    So Hippy and the Fat Hippy aren't the same person?

    hahaha no they are not :-)

    The two aliases were created independently and
    I'm sure were coined for different reasons? We worked
    out a while back that Tony had it first (only because
    he's older :-P), but he was Fat Hippy and I was just
    hippy. There is also a courier in San Fran with the nick
    hippy.

    Fat Hippy rides further north than the Melbourne-based
    hippy (Syd?). He rides more mtb than hippy too and
    knows a great deal more about bike lighting (and
    probably many many more things too!).
    But the difference is getting smaller.. 'hippy' having just
    read his very own article in a certain "Enduro" mag! (Yes,
    I finally spotted a copy! Mum will be so proud hehehe)
    The Fat Hippy writes for Australian Mountain Bike?
    Maybe others too Tony?

    Quoted message said:

    I thought maybe the Fat Hippy had lost some weight
    and simply become Hippy. Someone help me out on this!

    I think last time we compared 'hippy'ness I lost out on
    the scales.. but I'm not so sure he'd win this time around.
    We'll have to wait and see :-)

    hippy
    http://www.thehippy.net/

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  7. Etxy
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    tony f said:

    Next thing, he dropped it down, briefly hit the
    brakes, and proceeded to *nose wheelie* at the same speed.
    A-fricking-mazing!

    Makes me feel squeamish just thinking about it! :eek:

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